I like the hats. I haven't picked a favorite yet- but I like that they're a thought-out part of the whole outfit, unlike the "bad hair day" hats that American women tend to wear.

Okay, I love fashion, too, so I'll bite.

Tara Palmer-Tompkinson: brilliant blue, but style of entire outfit looks like something out of Star Trek. Even if it didn't, everything is too matchy.

Fascinators are perennially popular with the Dames. Never quite understood them myself.

Princess Beatrice: Eeeeek! You nailed it, Amy. Even her eye makeup is giving me the creeps.

Zara Phillips: Ready for take-off. Or landing. In Roswell, NM.

Sophie Winkleman: Who needs DirecTV when you have this?

Prince Felipe of Spain: Okay, I'm letting a man in, but he looks like a toy soldier. Not attractive. His mother, though, is wearing a lovely suit. His wife, kinda boring.

Miriam González Durántez: Wild, but love it.

I was surprised by how conventional Kate's gown was, especially coming from the House of McQueen, but perhaps I shouldn't have been. This was a highly traditional event, after all. Loved Pippa's gown, though.

...And I also wonder how it will change wedding fashion in general. Someone who wanted a "princess" dress last year probably wore something resembling a strapless ballgown... But the woman who just married a REAL prince had her shoulders and arms covered, and the pouf factor was also quite low.

I didn't get up early to watch the wedding, but I am having fun looking at the pictures.

Proof positive that money cannot buy good taste.

Tho, the '80's girl in me did give a little 'squee!' for the electric blue canoe ;) go Tara!

Fascinators with a pretty birdcage veil are adorable for a bride, or an evening event. This, not so much.

Ok, time for the claws, but I am really big on letting the Bride have her day and not trying to take *any* attention on oneself at someone else's wedding. Whatinthehell was Sally Bercow, wife ofJohn Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, thinking when she picked a dress that had cleavage that's trying to claw it's way south, and a front slit trying to claw it's way north to meet it? That's clubbing gear, ffs.

Pretentious, yes, but it could be worse.
The Rolls could be sitting on twenty-twos.

http://thegloss.com/fashion/gallery-the-best-and-otherwise-dressed-at-the-royal-wedding/gallery-page/13/#gallery

Here is Sally Bercow in the dress Kat is talking about. I agree from looking around at what other guests were wearing that the decolletage is a bit out of place, but certainly not to an obscene degree. The slit is barely worth noticing.

Even as a guy, I'm pleased by the attention this is getting. Not only is it not bad news, it focuses quite a bit of good wishes on the Duke and Duchess, to get things right, to be good examples.

When we're in mud of our own making, I take any sign one can get out of it as a plus!

Bea looks like she's wearing an upholstered toilet seat.

I like ladies in hats, even funny ones. However, I want to comment on Prince William's dress. Prince William had a choice of several different military uniforms to wear at his wedding. I don't mind him wearing the fanciest one. I would too. The honorary Colonels uniform in the Irish Guards is a lot better looking than a junior officers uniform in the RAF. However, I notice, he wore his RAF pilots wings on his sash. Something about learning to fly, makes people want to be recognized for it. I don't blame him for this either. I say this as an inactive private pilot.

Beth,
I saw a different picture, from a different angle. You're right, she's obviously the soul of decorum.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1353272/Sally-Bercow-posing-sheet-reveals-Speaker-husband-Johns-bedroom-secrets.html

I admit I checked out photos of the wedding just to see the clothes and hats. The whole Middleton family looked amazing. Kate's gown was exquisite (much more to my taste than Diana's meringue thing in 1981). Loved her evening dress, too. And I thought the Queen was adorable in her bright yellow dress and hat. When I'm in my 80's, I'm planning to rock outfits like that.

But Princess Beatrice's hat might be my favorite accessory at the wedding because it makes me laugh every time I think of it -- and for some reason I can't get it out of my head. It already has its own facebook page. Gotta love it.

Ken, he's an active duty search and rescue helicopter pilot in a mountain area of Wales. The vintage plane fly-over was done by members of his squadron.
I got up at the crack of dawn, years ago, with a pal to watch Diana's wedding, complete with champagne and cornflakes. Today seemed a bit more relaxed and not so fraught with potential.

I personally thought Beatrice was adorable, but then I've raised 2 girls so I can hear the conversation, it most likely went something like this:
"But Mummy! I don't want to go to Will's wedding, my friends are all going shopping that day and I desper...."
"Young lady, you are not only going, but you will wear...A Hat!"
Cue dramallama!
"Fine! You can make me suffer this indignity, but I get to pick my hat. *mutter stomp I'll show her* Mr Hatmaker sir, I'd like a Squid, please."

Or maybe, being a kid, she liked it. She was cute except for the overdose of eyeliner, but that too shall pass.

I personally thought Beatrice was adorable, but then I've raised 2 girls so I can hear the conversation, it most likely went something like this:
"But Mummy! I don't want to go to Will's wedding, my friends are all going shopping that day and I desper...."
"Young lady, you are not only going, but you will wear...A Hat!"
Cue dramallama!
"Fine! You can make me suffer this indignity, but I get to pick my hat. *mutter stomp I'll show her* Mr Hatmaker sir, I'd like a Squid, please."

Or maybe, being a kid, she liked it. She was cute except for the overdose of eyeliner, but that too shall pass.

What I found interesting is that Kate wasn't in white! More ivory. Big deal of course, but one of the things that made Diana so suitable and Camilla unacceptable all those years ago was that she appeared so virginal. I doubt anyone seriously thinks that William and Kate have been knocking around for 9 years without knocking knees. There's a major change in attitude there.

I suggest that Duchess Catherine might be worth it if she was wearing muddy denim! Anything, or nothing!

The ability to think about such things means that more is right than wrong, and we should look at the good stuff once in a while.

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I've seen a suggestion that the Queen Mum should hand the crown to Charles for one day, then have him hand off to his son. I have no idea how the rules of succession go, but Charles is 62, and despite a peculiar problem with eyesight vis-a-vis Camilla, highly qualified. It would be very cool to let him flip the car keys to the boy!

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Gee, look at us. Have you noticed that both Prince William and Prince Charles are more highly qualified to lead than President Obama?

Despite my bred-to-the-bone colonial dislike for all things monarchy in the way of governance, I lovelovelove the fact that the Royals are raise to serve, not *be* served.

Also, can I please air a small pet peeve? The proper term of address for a Princess is Your Highness. If I hear one more very highly paid talking head call her "Your Majesty" I am going to write them a strongly worded email :P Makes me chuckle and cringe, all at the same time.

'raised' not 'raise'. I did preview, I promise, it's just been a very long week.

If I hear one more very highly paid talking head call her "Your Majesty"

They do that Kat? Maybe it comes of living in a Commonwealth country, but I've never once heard or read that here. Even when/if William becomes king she won't be Her Majesty. Just like Prince Philip (Phil the Greek to us more irreverent Aussies) isn't His Majesty.

Anyway, she's not even a Princess yet, she's Duchess of Cambridge, so probably "Her Grace" is more accurate. I'm never likely to talk to her (worse luck!) so I don't really need to know.

Titles and styles (i.e. correct manner of address, etc) are very complicated. My pet peeve was always people who said "Princess Diana". She never was, she was Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. There is a difference. She held the office but not the title as such, or something like that. Without looking it up I can't remember how it works.

It's all bullshit of course, but if you're going to be on TV commenting on this stuff I suppose you should get it right.

Ok, I was wrong - she is in fact "Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus" - at least according to Wikipedia.

Note that she doesn't get to use her own name with that title.

It's all bullshit of course, but if you're going to be on TV commenting on this stuff I suppose you should get it right.
That's pretty much the point, but I have heard several make the mistake. American major media types are woefully lazy and inept these days, and I know it's a very small detail in a flood of small details, it just catches my attention and makes me wonder what other stuff they are getting wrong.

Ken,

"However, I notice, he wore his RAF pilots wings on his sash. Something about learning to fly, makes people want to be recognized for it. I don't blame him for this either. I say this as an inactive private pilot."

Here's a riddle that you might appreciate.

How can you tell if an Air Force pilot is at your cocktail party?

Don't worry, he'll tell you.

The fashion choices at British weddings are like chocolate - totally delicious. I wish Americans wore hats to weddings. Instead, most of the young ladies I saw at the last wedding I attended would've fit right in at a night club rather than a wedding. I am surprised so many liked Miriam Gonzalez Durantez's clothing choices. I thought it was a bad take on Carmen Miranda (even as I was a little bit jealous b/c I could never get away with wearing such a hat!).